Melchizedek is an enigmatic figure who appears in Genesis and is mentioned in Psalm
110. He shares bread and wine with Abram, blesses him, and receives a tithe from the
Patriarch. This figure is important in the NT Epistle to the Hebrews as well, which has a
theme of Jesus as Highn Priest. Melchizedek foreshadows the eternal priesthood of
Christ. Whether he was an angel or human we do not know but we know his role as the
pre-figure meant of Jesus as priest and the Mass.